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Narrative:Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I NG269 (BH-K) of 300 (Polish) Squadron, RAF. Crashed and destroyed on night of 8/9-1-1946: While returning to RAF Faldingworth following a training sortie, the pilot was unable to locate the airfield and to contact ground due the failure of the radio communication systems. While flying at a too low altitude, the aircraft hit a tree and crashed in flames in a field located in Normanby-le-Wold, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (at Approximate co ordinates 53.441087°N 0.311015°W). Four members of the seven crew were killed, while three others were injured.

(KIAS = Killed In Active Service). All four crew fatalities were buried at Newark-upon-Trent Cemetery, War Graves Section, in adjacent graves 323-326. The fact that the date of death was recorded as 8 January 1946 indicates that the aircraft crash, and the four fatalities were killed, before midnight on that day